Wyoming-1939: Magpie Perched on Car Roof

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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Magpie Perched on Car Roof — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a black and white magpie perched on the roof of a vehicle in Wyoming. The bird, with its distinctive plumage, stands alert against a backdrop of dense green trees and a dirt road. The footage, marked by natural film grain and warm, slightly faded colors, offers a candid glimpse of wildlife interacting with early 20th-century automobiles. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and Americana, perfect for historical documentaries, nature studies, or retro-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127609283

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Wyoming, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Wyoming home-movie requests needing a brief wildlife-and-automobile cutaway for documentary, education, or period texture.
Period detail: The car roofline, rural dirt road, forest backdrop, and 8mm color rendering support a late-1930s travel or outdoor home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged roadside viewpoint, as if a traveler paused to film a magpie that had landed on the vehicle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white magpie, curved vehicle roof, dirt road, green roadside brush, tall trees, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1930s road-trip or rural West sequence.
Historical context: The scene places wild bird behavior beside automobile travel, suggesting a roadside encounter in a wooded Wyoming setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious brands are visible, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm magpie on car, vintage home movie roadside wildlife, 1930s bird on automobile, and rural West travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming travel footage, then broader 1930s wildlife or roadside automobile scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A magpie stands on a car roof in wooded Wyoming roadside footage from 1939. — Magpie perched on the roofline of a stopped vehicle near a dirt road.

The magpie pivots on the vehicle roof against a wooded Wyoming background in 1939 8mm footage. — The bird turns while standing on the vehicle roof in a forested roadside setting.

A magpie faces away from the camera while perched on a vehicle roof in 1939 Wyoming home-movie footage. — The magpie shows its white back and tail feathers while balancing on the roofline.

The bird remains on the car roof in a wooded Wyoming roadside scene recorded on 8mm film in 1939. — Magpie perched alertly on the car roof as the wooded roadside fills the background.

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